GB2603732A - Method of changing a property of a polar liquid - Google Patents

Method of changing a property of a polar liquid Download PDF

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GB2603732A
GB2603732A GB2206243.4A GB202206243A GB2603732A GB 2603732 A GB2603732 A GB 2603732A GB 202206243 A GB202206243 A GB 202206243A GB 2603732 A GB2603732 A GB 2603732A
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Teitelbaum Neil
Tat Fai FUNG David
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Abstract

For changing a property of a polar liquid a device comprising a signal generator and a transducer is provided adjacent to the liquid or at least partially immersed therein. The signal generator provides an alternating electrical signal to the transducer, wherein the electrical signal is of a frequency and an amplitude to affect the transducer to produce an alternating magnetic field having a magnetic flux density so as to change the property of the polar liquid, wherein a portion of the magnetic field penetrates the liquid, having an effect thereon and providing a change in the property of the liquid at a distance of at least 1 meter from the transducer. The property is a gas exchange rate and the change is at least 5%, or the property is surface tension and the change is at least 1%, or the property is viscosity and the change is at least 0.5%.

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1. A method of changing a property of a polar liquid, comprising: providing a first device adjacent to or at least partially immersed in the polar liquid, the first device comprising a first signal generator and a first transducer electrically coupled thereto; and, operating the first signal generator to provide a first alternating electrical signal to the first transducer, wherein the first alternating electrical signal is of a first frequency and a first amplitude to affect the first transducer to produce a resulting alternating magnetic field having a magnetic flux density so as to change the property of the polar liquid, wherein a portion of the alternating magnetic field penetrates the polar liquid, having an effect on the polar liquid and providing a change in the property of the polar liquid at a distance of at least 1 meter from the first transducer, wherein the property is a gas exchange rate and the change is at least 5%, or the property is surface tension and the change is at least 1%, or the property is viscosity and the change is at least 0.5%.
2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first transducer comprises a first electrically conductive solenoidal coil formed of a plurality of loops each having an interior, the loop interiors forming an interior of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil, wherein the polar liquid is substantially prevented from penetrating the interior of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil.
3. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first device is at least partially immersed in the polar liquid.
4. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein the first transducer comprises two ferromagnetic end pieces disposed at the ends of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil and transverse thereto for shaping the magnetic field.
5. A method as defined in claim 4, wherein the first transducer comprises a ferromagnetic core within the interior of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil for increasing the magnetic flux density of the transducer.
6. A method as defined in claim 4, wherein each of the end pieces has a radius of at least an outer radius of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil plus a radius of the ferromagnetic core.
7. A method as defined in claim 4, wherein the end pieces are planar and normal to the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil.
8. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein the first transducer is disposed inside of a vessel or on an outside surface of a magnetically transparent wall of a vessel, for accelerating drying of a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or food product or a coating or pulp and paper.
9. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein the first amplitude has a root mean square (rms) of 100 ±15 microAmperes and the first frequency is 2500 ± 10 Hz, or the first amplitude has an rms of 99±15 microAmperes and the first 2700 ± 10 Hz, or the first amplitude has an rms of 140 ±15 microAmperes and the first 4000 ± 10 Hz.
10. A method as defined in claim 1, comprising using the first device and a second device comprising a second transducer and a second signal generator for providing a second alternating electrical signal to the second transducer.
11. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein a frequency of the second alternating electrical signal is equal to the first frequency and wherein the first and second alternating electrical signals are in phase, having a zero degree phase relationship for increasing the change in the polar liquid.
12. A method as defined in claim 10, wherein a frequency of the second alternating electrical signal is different from the first frequency for changing the property of the polar liquid oppositely, with respect to a baseline of the property when the liquid has not been treated by a magnetic field, to the change caused by the first transducer alone.
13. A method as defined in claim 12, comprising a gradual change (A) in a difference between the first frequency and the frequency of the second alternating electrical signal, or (B) in an offset in phase between the first and second alternating electrical signals, for controlling the effect on the polar liquid.
14. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first transducer comprises: an electrically conductive solenoidal coil for coupling to the signal generator, the electrically conductive solenoidal coil formed of a plurality of loops each having an interior, the loop interiors forming an interior of the electrically conductive solenoidal coil, wherein the interior of the electrically conductive solenoidal coil has a channel for the polar liquid to pass through when the first transducer is immersed in the polar liquid, and a ferromagnetic cladding around the electrically conductive solenoidal coil and electrically isolated therefrom, for preventing a portion of the alternating magnetic field external to the electrically conductive solenoidal coil from penetrating the polar liquid when the first transducer is immersed in the polar liquid and operational.
15. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein a power of the first alternating electrical signal provided to the first transducer is less than 1 watt or a root mean square of the first amplitude is less than 3 amperes.
16. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein an electric field produced by the first transducer in response to the first alternating electrical signal and penetrating the polar liquid has the intensity of less than 1 V/m.
17. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein the first frequency of the first alternating electrical signal is 20 kHz or less.
18. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein a feedback loop is provided to control the first alternating electrical signal in dependence upon a measured parameter.
19. A method as defined in claim 18, comprising selection of the first frequency from a plurality of predefined frequencies.
20. A method of changing a property of a polar liquid, comprising: providing a first device adjacent to the polar liquid or at least partially immersed therein, the first device comprising a first signal generator and a first transducer electrically coupled thereto; and, operating the first signal generator to provide a first alternating electrical signal to the first transducer, wherein the first alternating electrical signal is of a first frequency and a first amplitude to affect the first transducer to produce a resulting alternating magnetic field having a magnetic flux density so as to change the property of the polar liquid, wherein a portion of the alternating magnetic field penetrates the polar liquid, having an effect on the polar liquid and providing a change in the property of the polar liquid at a distance of at least 1 meter from the first transducer, wherein the property is a gas exchange rate and the change is at least 5%.
21. A method as defined in claim 20, wherein the first transducer comprises a first electrically conductive solenoidal coil formed of a plurality of loops each having an interior, the loop interiors forming an interior of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil, wherein the polar liquid is substantially prevented from penetrating the interior of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil.
22. A method as defined in claim 21, wherein two ferromagnetic end pieces disposed at the ends of the first electrically conductive solenoidal coil and transverse thereto for shaping the magnetic field, and wherein the first amplitude has a root mean square (rms) of 100 ±15 microAmperes and the first frequency is 2500 ± 10 Hz, or the first amplitude has an rms of 99±15 microAmperes and the first 2700 ± 10 Hz, or the first amplitude has an rms of 140 ±15 microAmperes and the first 4000 ± 10 Hz.
23. A method as defined in claim 20, wherein the polar liquid forms a portion of a river, lake, pond or lagoon or other body of water, and wherein applying the first alternating electrical current to the first transducer results in an increase in dissolved oxygen or other dissolved gasses within the polar liquid.
24. A method as defined in claim 23, wherein an amount of residual ammonia in the body of water body is reduced, or algae bloom or pest infestation in the body of water is suppressed.
25. A method as defined in claim 23, wherein the first frequency and the magnetic flux density are such as to cause ORP of the polar liquid to be at least 150 mV.
26. A method as defined in claim 25, wherein the first frequency and the magnetic flux density are such as to reduce heavy metal contamination in proximity to the first device by at least 20%.
27. A method as defined in claim 13, wherein the polar liquid is an aqueous solution in the manufacturing of a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or food product or a chemical, for crystal size or size distribution range control.
28. A method as defined in claim 20, wherein the first transducer is disposed inside of a vessel or on an outside surface of a magnetically transparent wall of the vessel comprising a chemical solution or dispersion, so that a multi-phase chemical reaction in the polar liquid is accelerated by the change in the gas exchange rate.
29. A method as defined in claim 28, for accelerated removal of carbon dioxide in a gas through absorption and desorption in the polar liquid.
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